3:37 PM,
Nov. 30, 2012

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A painless cavity is preventing Cpl. Nickson Souffrant from being deployed to Afghanistan.

Souffrant, a Marine reservist with the 6th Communication Battalion in Brooklyn, is scheduled to head to Afghanistan, his second tour of duty, next March, he said. But in order to do so, Souffrant, 24, who was told he had a cavity last year, must get a filling.

That is why he and 10 other Marine reservists headed to the Chappaqua dental office of Dr. Richard Lipari on Friday to get a variety of free dental work done in order to clear them of their class 3, or non-deployable, status. ...